"Internet users worried about their personal information being intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies should stop using websites that send data to the United States, Germany's top security official said Wednesday." Cute, but pointless. France does it too, as does the UK. Documents from the Dutch intelligence agencies indicate that they, too, are involved in mass surveillance, the extent of which will supposedly be investigated by parliament.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Peter_FriedrichIn the wake of NSA's internet surveillance scandal around PRISM, Friedrich defended the NSA's methods and promptly demanded legislation changes, in order to be able to expand the German surveillance of communication traffic as well.